The Duchess of Kent, the oldest member of Britain's royal, has died, the family announced on Friday. She was 92.

"Her Royal Highness passed away peacefully last night at Kensington Palace, surrounded by her family," the royals said in a message shared on the family's official social media accounts, adding that King Charles III and Queen Camilla, along with all members of the family, joined her husband the Duke of Kent and his children and grandchildren "in mourning their loss and remembering fondly The Duchess's life-long devotion to all the organizations with which she was associated."

The duchess, Katharine, spent most of her life – 64 years – married to the late Queen Elizabeth II 's first cousin Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, whom she met in 1956.

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